Flash forward 13 years later and I couldn't help but wonder what had happened to the house that was once very high profile. I cruised up and down St. Charles and couldn't find a single home with the Belfort name above the doorway.
About the third time I trudged by all the mansions I noticed this residence which looked vaguely familiar. I hadn't bothered to write the down address, so on a chance, I took this photo: Sure enough, it was the right place. When I got home and compared the doorways I knew I'd captured the right home! After the show, the house was in a state of renovation for about four years, as it was converted back into a single family residence.
Apparently the new owner did not want to keep the Belfort name. They purchased the property which occupied one-half of the city block and all the frontage on St. Charles Avenue in They lived there until Mr.
Hutchinson died in In the 's, the Mansion was divided into apartments and for many years was home to many New Orlean residents who remember it fondly. When the show's producers discovered the Mansion, it had been gutted to the studs and was in the process of being returned to a single family residence.
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